Haruto and Erza both were seated in the cell they had thrown them into. The two sat down on the cold floor, their backs against the wall. Haruto had his regular impassive expression on his face, but he could not help but think about the interaction between Erza and the member of the Magic Council by the name of Siegrain. Haruto merely narrowed his eyes the entire time, he was the one that Mystogan spoke of. The counterpart of the mysterious S-Class mage of Fairy Tail. Erza herself was staring at the wall with a blank expression, but the words that she had exchanged with the man had dampened her mood, it was obvious.
Haruto decided it would be best to cheer up his fellow redhead, reaching into his cloak he produced a bag of cookies and handed it to the mage who stared at it with a bit of surprise, "The entire Guild got a bag, but you didn't have time to eat yours before we got arrested."
Erza blinked a few times before a smile found its way onto her face and she accepted the bag, "Thank you, Haruto."
The two never noticed a pair of eyes watching the exchange.
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Haruto sat in the cell with a blank expression on his face, he did not care that he was in the cell. He knew the reasons that the council demanded his arrest. It had taken them some time, but they had found out about himself and now here he was sitting beside a comrade of his waiting for the council to begin the trial. If he was normal he would be panicking, but he was not normal. His grandfather had changed his reckless self to a calm and collected person as he stated that he did not desire a weak and ignorant heir. Every cut and bruise on his body from the training he had been through prepared him for life as a shinobi. Kill or be killed. No matter, he knew this day would come and he had made preparations for this day and his bail would be here eventually. Though he knew the trial was more of a sham than an actual trial, he knew that they had the authority to keep him in jail.
Footsteps were audible as they echoed downed the empty dungeons. Haruto never moved his bored gaze from the stone wall that Erza rested her back on. Soon a group of guards came into view and they began unlocking the doors. Not sparing them a glance, Haruto merely got up and followed their instructions and allowed them to guide him and Erza to the courtroom. They moved down the hall and soon two wooden doors were visible to them. The double doors opened and they were guided inside and left there as multiple lights flickered before them and soon images of twelve men and women came into existence.
"Haruto Uchiha and Erza Scarlet, do you know the reason you are here?" the man in the middle said as his voice echoed through the empty room. The man was a tall fit elderly man with long graying hair and a long gray beard wearing armor around his chest and a cloak covering his body. He had on his head a typical wizard hat and in his right hand he held a staff.
"No honorable councilman." Erza replied as she held her gaze with the twelve council members.
"And you, Haruto Uchiha?" the same man asked again as he turned his gaze to the redhead, his action was mimicked by everyone in the room.
"Hn." Haruto grunted as he didn't spare them another glance.
"You will answer the question," the shortest member of the council said. The man was an extremely short elderly man with a truffle of light brown hair on his head and a bushy mustache, his hair resembled cat ears. He wore a simple blue vest over a long-sleeve white shirt and long black pants.
"Hn."
Before anyone could get another word out, the double doors were forcefully pushed open and Natsu appeared wearing a long red wig with pots and other cooking utensils covering his body acting as a sort of armor. Following the pink haired dragon slayer was Happy dressed like Haruto, the blue cat wore a red hair wig over his head and he wore blue robes with a miniature fan strapped on his back and a fork beside the fan. Haruto and Erza looked at the site in utter annoyance as both of them face palmed.
"I'm Erza Scarlet!" Natsu screamed as fire spat out from his mouth and he began running around and pulling out a butter knife and swinging it around wildly with and Happy followed him in the air, "I'm scary and I love pointy swords!"
"I'm Haruto Uchiha!" Happy yelled out as he flew into the air and landed in the air and struck a pose with his hands trying to form the Ram sign, "I have pretty pink eyes that can turn super awesome!"
"Pink eye?" Haruto muttered dangerously as his Sharingan came to life and it spun around madly and he turned his gaze towards the two with a look of utter fury on his face.
"Take them to the dungeons!" The man in the middle shouted as he slammed the but of his staff on the floor once more and guards rushed in and subdued the two badly disguised mages and moved to take them as well but the man made a stop motion with his hand, "Leave the Uchiha."
The guards pushed the three captured mages out of the room as Haruto turned his gaze towards the councilmen with a bored look on his face. It was time, Haruto knew it was about time. The old man and he had come up with a plan for this if it ever arose, and now it was about time that the old man came in and bailed him from the trial.
"Haruto Uchiha." The man with the long gray beard spoke once more as he looked at the redhead with narrowed eyes, "You are an unregistered citizen in Fiore. Due to that fact, the laws the king has set in place states that all unregistered citizens allow us full authority over them. In short, we now hold your entire life in our grasp."
"I hope you aren't planning on doing anything rash again now, councillor Gran Doma," a voice resonated from the entrance of the building and a man walked in and allowed the others to get a view of the newcomer. A elderly man with a face resembling a gnarled tree trunk, his hair resembling a leafy treetop wearing a high-collar kimono tied with a belt, loose trousers, a coat, and a pair of boots. Everyone's eyes widened as they caught sight of him, standing before them was no other than Warrod Sequen, the Fourth seat of the Ten Wizard Saints and a member of the Four Gods of Ishgar.
"Oh, you have arrived old man." Haruto said as he turned to face Warrod with a smirk on his face. The last part caught the entire room off guard as they looked at the redhead in absolute horror as he had just insulted one of the most powerful mages in the entire continent.
"I'm sorry I'm late Haruto-kun, but I got caught up on tending to Mimi again. You know how she is." Warrod replied with a carefree smile on his face as he moved to stand beside Haruto, "Now Gran, what were you saying to my grandson?"
"W-warrod-sama, h-he's your grandson?" the newly named Gran asked in utter disbelief and shock as he stared at the two mages that stood before him and the rest of the council. He was not the only one having a hard time with the information as they were all wide eyed and looking at the two before them in complete shock.
"Of course, what other mage do you know can use plant magic like that?" Warrod questioned as he looked at the council with a carefree smile once more before continuing, "I hope there isn't any trouble. You see the registration. I took care of it myself."
"No, no, no, no trouble at all, Warrod-sama." The man with the hair that resembled cat ears spoke with his hands up in surrender, "Haruto Uchiha, you may leave now there is no more to discuss with you."
"Haruto-kun, remember to say hi to Wendy-chan for me!" Warrod shouted across the room with a smile on his face waving cheerfully.
"Of course old man." Haruto replied as he began walking away.
Haruto made his way toward the exit and a smile formed on his face as he began moving out of the room. Warrod still had the carefree expression on his face, he glanced at Haruto once more before turning to face the councilmen. The council did not dare to do anything to the supposed grandson of Warrod Sequen, trying to blackmail the grandson of the fourth most powerful mage in all of Ishgar would not end well for them. Nor would their career take flight, allowing the boy to go free was the best decision the council members could do. Though they still wished to find out more about the boy's magic, they could not do it if the boy was under Warrod's protection.